{"id":632775,"date":"2026-04-27T22:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T22:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/632775\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T22:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T22:00:08","slug":"blue-bombers-cfl-negotiation-rights-to-pavia-in-focus-after-he-goes-undrafted-in-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/632775\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Bombers&#8217; CFL negotiation rights to Pavia in focus after he goes undrafted in NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The future of former Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia is a hot topic after he went undrafted in the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Pavia, a Heisman Trophy finalist last year, didn&#8217;t immediately sign with any team as a college free agent after going unselected in the NFL draft. However, he has accepted an invitation to the Baltimore Ravens&#8217; minicamp, which doesn&#8217;t guarantee him a contract. The tryout will take place May 1-3.<\/p>\n<p>Another possibility would be the Canadian Football League, where Pavia would presumably be a hotter commodity. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have held Pavia&#8217;s exclusive CFL rights since 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Each CFL team manages a negotiation list featuring up to 45 players who are unsigned, playing in a professional football league, or playing in college. Those teams hold exclusive negotiating rights if a player on their list decides to join the league. Negotiation lists can be altered at any time.<\/p>\n<p>Pavia&#8217;s agent declined to comment to when asked by <a href=\"https:\/\/3downnation.com\/2026\/04\/26\/could-cfl-be-next-for-diego-pavia-after-nfl-draft-snub\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3DownNation<\/a> whether the Blue Bombers have been in contact with him. CFL opens rookie camps May 6.<\/p>\n<p>Pavia, 24, became a highly successful but polarizing quarterback during his stint at Vanderbilt. The 5-foot-10 quarterback led the SEC with 29 touchdown passes in 2025. He also completed 70.6% of his passes while scoring 10 TDs on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Pavia finished second in the race for the Heisman Trophy this past season behind Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza, the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft. Pavia is the first Heisman finalist to go undrafted in the NFL since 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The future of former Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia is a hot topic after he went undrafted in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-632775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}